Cyberdevil's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

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Won second place no less. XD This feels... unjustified. And awesome. But still...

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[Batman: Mall Cop]

Is this... stop motion? Wouldn't have thought so from the initial animation, but when you zoom out, and the background really looks like a piece of paper... is it just the background? Seems like an unconventional mix of styles if it is, but it works well. Good fun. Good voicing/sound. I can't say it makes me laugh out loud, but does make me smile. Punchline improvement potential, but not bad.

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Bingleheimer responds:

All Photoshop animation - was trying to go for a UPA coloring style and I find the noise makes it look less digital. Thanks for the feedback cd! Appreciate it.

[Dingalow in Isolation]

A little sound effects and this would've been perfect. :) Seems like you're spending that time just the right way...

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Dingalow responds:

Agreed. Left it too last minute, unfortunately. Thanks for the feedback, my dude

[64 Bits - Paper Zelda (A Crafted Parody)]

What an awesome thing this would be if it was a real thing. Might've been a trailer for a real game too, looks pretty authentic a hybrid. Even the outro...

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[Free Samples | Root & Digby]

lmao. XD Those simple misunderstandings... can't get enough of Root & Digby. Good stuff.

Also nothing like a little subtle hygiene promo work in these times!

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[RESIDENT EVIL 4: ASHLEY THE TERRIBLE]

She wasn't that horrible after all huh? :) Can't say I recognize ALL of these moments, but definitely relatable, enjoyable, inflatable, convoyable... been looking forward to another one of these, and it really didn't disappoint. Good stuff.

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[What is Wrong with You?]

Hmm running out of ideas lately? Feels like this could've delivered a bit better, Foamy's usually all about those faults but just doesn't seem to get any leverage here...

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[Ghost]

Everything looked really good until that car... it breaks the mold a bit, both with the style and pace and color. You get a good mood going before that. Nice start.

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[Art Contest shelter-in-place]

Not bad! Good detail, smooth motions... feels very precise.

I wonder if this technically doesn't need to be submitted to the Art portal though. Maybe you could export it as a GIF instead (would rate it way higher as that btw)? Good stuff.

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[Baby Boy (EN Subtitles)]

Oh man... this is the kind of stuff that might really induce some nightmares. XD Was thinking when it first started out, and you're trying to read the subtitles when the eye blink animation happens... that it's almost like their eyes pop out somewhat. Somewhat disturbing effect I thought then, but little did I know...

I'm curious, the knitted wool sweater for the mail woman, was that custom made for this? Also curious how you made the little dust clouds during the car ride? The amount of attention that goes into not just the camera placement and transition, but the lighting - their entire world really changing between night and day, the weight of the items on the grass before they pick them up... even if the claymation itself is somewhat choppy all those details feel really genuine. And a claymation character playing with clay hmm, might be the first time I see that. :) This started so calmly but... damn, what a turn it took. The final monster might've been the most fluid one of all too...

Solid work on sound effects as well. Felt like it started a bit slow, but when you really get into it... not sure why I end all these sentences with an ellipses but it just feels like that kind of story...

Masterful but pretty disturbing work! Though not without a hint of comedy too. At least as long as the kid was still alive.

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djavh responds:

Hey, thanks a lot for a comment. I enjoy yours in particular, because they're always in depth and it's apparent that you pay attention when watching stuff.

All of the clothing was custom made for this movie. My girlfriend, sister and mother worked on this. The particular knitted sweaters for mail woman and car driver were made by my mother, since she had a serious leg injury at the time, couldn't walk and had nothing else to do. She enjoys knitting a lot, so she made a bunch of cute little sweaters for my projects :).

Dust clouds were made out of little balls of cotton wool.

At the end, I'm happy with this movie, except for walking animations (it was impossible to properly animate walk cycles with my shitty homemade armatures for the puppets, since their feet kept falling off...). Image quality is crappy too, especially for nighttime scenes (sadly, I just can't afford a proper camera now).

BTW, if you're really interested in behind the scenes stuff, look for AurimasFilms on facebook. There are tons of pictures from a lot of my claymation projects there.